The Basics of Speech

Chapter 17: Performing Oral Interpretation

Choose the best word, words, or phrase from the bank to correctly complete each sentence.


1.		help get listeners’ attention and prepare them for the literature to come.


2.		means remembering kinesthetic responses to emotions such as fear or anger.


3.		means remembering physical experiences to help suggest images to the audience.


4.		The place a performer looks while interpreting a piece of literature is called .


5.		It is important to use a system of to mark a script.


6.		An interpreter's changes as he or she reads male or female characters.


7.		are effective when shifting to a new character.


8.		such as shoulder shrugging help create the characters or set the tone.


9.		The first step in the preparation of a/an is ordering the literature pieces in the order that they will be performed.


10.		are words or phrases that bridge ideas for an audience.